Science "CAREs" About Edge-of-Space Cloud Behavior

The Charged-Aerosol Release Experiment will help scientists acquire information about noctilucent cloud phenomena. (Air Force image)

Butterfly Biology Inspires New Sensing Capability

A Morpho butterfly wing exposed to a chemical vapor (pictured left), as compared to the insect's normal wing (pictured right) (AFRL image)

Fuels Research Finds Algae Green in More Ways Than One

The untransformed plant (Nicotiana tabacum) (left) shows no morphological changes. The transgenic plant expressing the tobacco plastid accD gene (right) exhibits a waxy texture and changes in leaf morphology and color. Lipid content was higher in accD transgenic plants than in untransformed plants. (AFRL image)

Fuels Research Finds Algae Green in More Ways Than One

Sequenced left to right, transgenic algae clones modified with an oil-enhancing gene grow green after 14 days in antibiotic selection. The antibiotic spectinomycin affects the chloroplast ribosomes of untransformed algae but not those of transgenic algae. (AFRL image)

711 HPW working on device to remotely monitor warfighters’ health in the field

Master Sergeant Robert Bean, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Aeronautical Systems Command, Battlefield Airman Branch (ASC/WISN), holds a wireless capsule that when ingested, measures core body temperature. A receiver unit worn on Master Sergeant Bean’s vest transmits the information to a computer for health status monitoring. The capsule is part of the Battlefield Automatic Life Status Monitor (BALSM) being developed by QinetiQ in coordination with the Human Effectiveness Directorate. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, 711 HPW)

711 HPW working on device to remotely monitor warfighters’ health in the field

Master Sergeant Robert Bean, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Aeronautical Systems Command, Battlefield Airman Branch (ASC/WISN), inspects the wireless pulse oximetry sensor in the front of his helmet. The sensor is part of the Battlefield Automatic Life Status Monitor (BALSM) being developed by QinetiQ in coordination with the Human Effectiveness Directorate. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, 711 HPW)

711 HPW adopts a spot

Technical Sergeant Terry Brann, 711th Human Performance Wing, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Health Department, Analytical Services cleans up litter along Kauffman Avenue in Fairborn. The 711 HPW is participating in Greene County’s Adopt-A-Spot Program and has made a commitment to keep clean a portion of Kauffman Avenue. Thirty-two people from the 711 HPW spruced up the roadside on Nov. 5. (Photo by Elizabeth Long, 711 HPW)

711 HPW adopts a spot

Staff Sergeant Amanda Taylor and Technical Sergeant Jerimiah Jackson, 711th Human Performance Wing, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Health Department, Risk Analysis Branch, clean up litter along Kauffman Avenue in Fairborn. The 711 HPW is participating in Greene County’s Adopt-A-Spot Program and has made a commitment to keep clean a portion of Kauffman Avenue. Thirty-two people from the 711 HPW spruced up the roadside on Nov. 5. (Photo by Elizabeth Long, 711 HPW)

What's Under the Hood?

Playstation 3 game consoles are lined up for cataloging in an Air Force Research Laboratory warehouse in Rome, N.Y.

Title III Nets Honors for High-Temperature Superconducting Advances

An AFRL Manufacturing Technology-led program effort earned the 2010 Federal Laboratory Consortium Technology Transfer Interagency Partnership Award for its advances in yttrium barium copper oxide-coated high-temperature superconductor wire. The honor recognizes lab employees from at least two different agencies who have collaboratively accomplished outstanding work in transferring a technology. (AFRL image)

SIC Manufacturing Advances Aid Next Generation Engine Technology

An AFRL/industry team's transition of improved capabilities for manufacturing silicon-carbide-based ceramic matrix composites (used for high-performance aerospace engine components) means greater savings and performance. Pictured are turbine engine components that could benefit from in-line tow coating advances. (AFRL image)

Tech Transfer Pulls-and Pushes-Its Weight in Lab/Industry Partnering

A combat controller searches for targets while immersed in the Joint Terminal Attack Control Training and Rehearsal System's live-virtual-constructive environment. (Air Force photo by Gina Cinardo, 711 HPW)